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		<h1 id="Diagram_Export_and_Printing">Diagram Export and Printing</h1>
		<h2 id="Export_As_Image">Export As Image</h2>
		<p>You can 
			<b>export a diagram to an image file</b>. In order to do that right-click on the diagram and choose the menu 
			<b>
				<i>Export diagram as image</i>
			</b> or on the icon present in the tab-bar.
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		<p>You can:</p>
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			<li>Select the export location</li>
			<li>Choose the format among JPG, PNG, SVG, BMP, GIF</li>
			<li>Choose the quality of the exported image (image size)</li>
			<li>Choose the quality of the exported image (image size)</li>
			<li>Export it to HTML Format</li>
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		<h2 id="Batch_Image_Export">Batch Image Export</h2>
		<p>It is possible 
			<b>to export all diagrams of a representations file at once</b>. 
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		<p>In order to do that; right-click on your representations file (aird file) then choose the menu 
			<b>
				<i>Export representations as image</i>
			</b>.
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		<p>You can:</p>
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			<li>Select the export location</li>
			<li>Choose the format among JPG, PNG, SVG, BMP, GIF</li>
			<li>Choose the quality of the exported image (image size)</li>
			<li>Choose the quality of the exported image (image size)</li>
			<li>Export it to HTML Format</li>
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			<b>Note</b>: The export performance will decrease and will take more time the more you increase the image size.
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		<h2 id="Set_Export_Image_Size_as_Preference">Set Export Image Size as Preference</h2>
		<p>In the 
			<b>Sirius &gt; Sirius Diagram</b> preference page, you can set the size of the exported images as a preference so that this size will be used for all your export.
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		<h2 id="Print_Area_Preview">Print Area Preview</h2>
		<p>Before sending a diagram to a printer, it can be interesting to arrange the elements of the diagram to avoid them to be split by a page break, to help doing so use the command 
			<b>
				<i>Diagram &gt; View &gt; page Breaks</i>
			</b> to display page breaks on the diagram background.
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			<b>Note</b>: Use the same command to hide the page breaks displayed on the diagram.
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